Mara
Arachnopeon
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- Aug 3, 2010
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So, the pet store I usually go to has a spider labled Euathlus truculentus. Now, the first few times I saw it, I didn't pay it much attention, it's a fairly small, scrawny and rugged looking little one.
Curiousity got the best of me, however, and I started researching the species - or, trying to. The pictures of the genus Euathlus I found showed rather cute, rugged little fellows with a nice metallic sheen to them.
Taking a closer look at the one in the pet store, I can see a somewhat golden sheen on the carapace. Other than that, it's mostly dark brown/black - but the lighting is poor. (My G. rosea looked like a rather drab orange/brown spider in the tank at the shop, but once I got her into some proper light she showed me a nice shimmering copper tone.)
I have no way of telling if this spider really is what the shop claims - I've read that Euathlus sp. gold is often being sold as Euathlus truculentus - but it's growing on me, and I find it a rather loveable.
So far I've managed to find out that they like it on the dry side, like the G. rosea for example, and that they are mostly calm and hardy. That's about as much info I have been able to dig out.
How large to the average E. truculentus get? How common are they? (Meaning, if I pass this chance of getting it, how much will I regret it later?
)
I would appreciate if anyone with some info and perhaps a bit experience with this species could shed some light here.
Curiousity got the best of me, however, and I started researching the species - or, trying to. The pictures of the genus Euathlus I found showed rather cute, rugged little fellows with a nice metallic sheen to them.
Taking a closer look at the one in the pet store, I can see a somewhat golden sheen on the carapace. Other than that, it's mostly dark brown/black - but the lighting is poor. (My G. rosea looked like a rather drab orange/brown spider in the tank at the shop, but once I got her into some proper light she showed me a nice shimmering copper tone.)
I have no way of telling if this spider really is what the shop claims - I've read that Euathlus sp. gold is often being sold as Euathlus truculentus - but it's growing on me, and I find it a rather loveable.
So far I've managed to find out that they like it on the dry side, like the G. rosea for example, and that they are mostly calm and hardy. That's about as much info I have been able to dig out.
How large to the average E. truculentus get? How common are they? (Meaning, if I pass this chance of getting it, how much will I regret it later?
)I would appreciate if anyone with some info and perhaps a bit experience with this species could shed some light here.
